One traditional Estonian St Catherines Day dish is chicken filled with sauerkraut. This is little bit more modern version.
We have not so big families anymore to eat whole chicken 🙂 So little bit revised version.
For this dish you need sauerkraut. Look for recipe, how to make sauerkraut by yourself.
A light dinner.
Continue reading “Chicken for St Catherine’s Day. Kadripäevakana”
It reminds me story from childhood 🙂
I was I believe 5 years old and my sister 3. We went with our family to the forest. To pick blueberries and mushrooms. And middle in the forest. Big a compost or garbage ” mountain”. Full of pumpkins.
My mother took both berry buckets and father took two big pumpkins.
Walking. My sister starts to whine.. I am tired. Take me to the arms…
Father sigh, laid one pumpkin down and took sister.
Walking.
Now was my turn. I am tired. Please..please… I can not anymore.
And.
yes. We left both pumpkins in the forest…
Pumpkin became a commonly-used vegetable in Estonia in the 1920s–1930s. And now we love pumpkin 🙂
Continue reading “Puree Soup with Pumpkin and Smoked Cheese. Kõrvitsa püreesupp suitsujuustuga”
The first written notices approve that buckwheat was in Estonia already in 14 th of century. Later, in 19 th century became potato more popular, but still buckwheat is very common and popular in Estonian cuisine.
This is my favourite. Easy to cook and healthy to eat.
By book you should buckwheat before cooking, simmer in hot butter. But at least in Estonia buckwheat is too “dirty” and I start buckwheat cooking from washing.
I wash buckweat, pour it in to the boiling water, add some salt and after 15 minutes, strain. Then I heat buckweat in a pot until water has evaporated and add some butter.
Perfect dinner, if you cooked yesterday too much buckwheat:)
Estonian peasants regarded mushrooms primarily as a food consumed during famine or war periods. Mushroom foraging and cooking with mushrooms was more wide-spread in Eastern and South-Eastern parts of Estonia, which had received more Slavic influences. Mushrooms as food gained wider popularity in the 20th century, when they were introduced in magazines and various workshops as tasty and healthy vegetarian food.
Continue reading “Buckwheat and Mushroom Casserole. Vegetable Recipe. Tatra- seenevorm”
I have a good relationship with vegetables. I love growing plants and I love to eat them. But the reason I prefer vegetables is taste. I love the taste of tomatoes or potatoes and this is the reason to enjoy them.
What I can not understand is ” like” food. Why should carrot taste ” like meat” or zucchini ” like fish” or cauliflower as ” real bread”. Why?
I love the simplicity. And the pure taste.
If you have an electric grater, this is the simplest dinner to make. Because of all vegetables are white, you can add some pumpkin, beetroot or carrot to add some colour.
Continue reading “Simple Parsnip and Potatoes Rösti. Naeri ja kartuliröstid. Vegetable Recipe”
For some reason we have three different foods: meat balls, served usually in sauce. Small meat balls: frikadellid, we are using in soup. And ” kotlet”- what is flat shape minced meat “ball”. Kotlet is served as main dish with potato and sauce and salad.
With this food I will make a great tribute to our good neighbors Latvians. But this is a very good dish and I am from South-Estonia, what is almost Latvia:), so let it be in Estonian blog.
A delicious Latvian pork stroganoff
Sunday morning. 7 o clock.
The Cat jumped on the bed ” Krrr…. lazy bums, the sun is shining, wake up…”
I pulled blanket over the head. I had the intention to sleep at least 4 more hours…
But.. for my amazement, my husband woke up and left from bed room…
Some time later, I realized, that I have to go.
On the couch sat next to each other, Man and Cat. Eyes are glued to the TV screen. Watching racing cars..
It was not “Krrr”, it was ” Frrrr… formula 1 ” 🙂
Simple and quick everyday fish soup.
The biggest and the hardest part of this case is to grate pumpkin. When this is done, it is the simplest recipe and dish to cook
A light vegetable recipe perfect for a dinner.
Ühepajatoit means in Estonian ” food, which is made in a one cauldron”
The most important, Do not boil, but stew. The best Ühepajatoit has little bit mushy consistency
A light, rich of vegetables Ühepajatoit for a dinner.
Next to my home is beautiful park. And flower beds.
Beautiful, but full of weeds.
I am walking and thinking. Should I do a little weeding? This is not difficult and each physical movement is a good movement 🙂 When I am walking back, I will…
I am walking back and…. I see, that one women already weeding!
Waw! I am only thinking but some people are acting. Shame to me.
I am getting closer and.. I see. Woman is not weeding. She is picking flowers… 🙂 🙂
So. Please do not pick flowers from public flower beds.
Better go to the forest and pick up the mushrooms 🙂
One more simple everyday dish.
When I am writing mushrooms, I mean wild mushrooms. chanterelle, boletuses, russula. And other Mushrooms that does not need blanching.
A fresh, light, everyday simple dinner.
Estonian Cuisine. Eesti Toit. 